The Motorrad Vision 100

It’s hilariously karmic, when I wrote this article about a BMW Motorrad concept bike that ushered in the age of self-driven two-wheelers, I also issued a shout-out, asking designers world over to give fuel to the fire and make autonomous bikes as popular as autonomous cars… And just within a month, BMW comes up with its own Vision 100 motorbike concept that’s smart enough to change the motorbike landscape!

Let’s talk about the concept. The Motorrad Vision 100 makes the bike truly autonomous and insanely smart. Which leads to the death of the helmet. If your bike won’t crash, you won’t need protective headgear, right? However, there’s some face-gear in question. The helmet gets replaced by AR glasses that act as the interface display for when you drive. They also keep the dust out of your eyes. The new method of driving the bike comes naturally to the user as most of the work is done by the automobile itself. The aesthetics obviously take on an absolutely new avatar, while still retaining the bike-esque elements. Tires grow wider so that the bike may stand/balance on its own, and the tire pattern, a triangular matrix (if you notice keenly) goes to become somewhat a symbol for BMW’s Vision 100 design challenge, with its presence being felt even in BMW’s Vision 100 car design. Let’s just say I’m really impressed! Way to embrace a challenge, BMW!

Your Blowdryer’s Big Brother | Yanko Design

Introducing, the Beast! Not quite a motorcycle, not quite a hovercraft… in fact, the closest thing to it might actually be one of those radial fan hairdryers from the 70s because it uses a similar power system! The single pilot compact vehicle achieves both lift and thrust from a single, large, very powerful fan and it maneuvers with fins located at the rear controlled by the rider. Without ground contact, higher speeds can be achieved as the only thing causing resistance is air. But what about braking? Two reverse thrusters divert air in the opposite direction to slow the vehicle. As far-out as the tech may be from becoming a reality, when feasible, it’s sure to give Ducs a run for their money!

Designer: Rico Kersten

To Understand Is To Perceive Patterns

n u a g e s - Dreams

Lets suppose that you were able every night to dream any dream you wanted to dream, and you would naturally as you began on this adventure of dreams, you would fulfill all your wishes. You would have every kind of pleasure, you see, and after several nights you would say, well that was pretty great, but now lets have a surprise, lets have a dream which isn’t under control. Well something is going to happen to me that i don’t know what it’s gonna be. Then you would get more and more adventurous, and you would make further and further out gambles as to what you would dream, and finally you would dream where you are now.

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Playmobil and Classical Painting – The creations of Pierre-Adrien Sollier

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A selection of creations from the French artist Pierre-Adrien Sollier, who mixes the plastic universe of the famous Playmobil with the great masterpieces of classical or contemporary painting, from Leonardo da Vinci to Edouard Manet through Dali, Basquiat, Diego Velázquez or Edward Hopper…A selection of creations from the French artist Pierre-Adrien Sollier, who mixes the plastic universe of the famous Playmobil with the great masterpieces of classical or contemporary painting, from Leonardo da Vinci to Edouard Manet through Dali, Basquiat, Diego Velázquez or Edward Hopper…